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Crawled away from me,
Slipped away from me,
Tried to keep a hold,
But there was nothing I could say.

Slid away from me,
Crept away from me,
Tried to keep you down,
But there was nothin I could say,

What you try to say,
Is you don't want to play
What you want,
And what you need,
Don't mean that much to me.
I can see your back is turning if I could I'd stick the knife in.

Crawled away form me,
Slipped away from me,
Tried to keep a hold,
But there was nothin I could say,

Slid away from me,
Drift away from me,
Tried to keep you down,
But there was nothin I could say,

What you tryin to say,
Is you don't want to play,
What you want,
And what you need,
Don't mean that much to me.
I can see your back is turning if I could I'd stick the knife in!

This is Love
This is love
This is my love for you X5
This is my LOVE!

Say you wont go..
Get you in a strangle hold baby,
Can you, can you get away? **** (hard to hear his word pronunciation in this line,could be incorrect)

What you tryin to say,
Is you don't want to play,
What you want and what you need,
Don't mean a FUCK to me!
I can see your back is turning if I could I'd stick the knife in!
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Submitted by
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Crawled away from me, Slipped away from me, Tried to keep a hold, But there was nothing I could say.

Slid away from me, Crept away from me, Tried to keep you down, But there was nothin I could say,

What you try to say, Is you don't want to play What you want, And what you need, Don't mean that much to me. I can see your back is turning if I could I'd stick the knife in.

Crawled away form me, Slipped away from me, Tried to keep a hold, But there was nothin I could say,

Slid away from me, Drift away from me, Tried to keep you down, But there was nothin I could say,

What you tryin to say, Is you don't want to play, What you want, And what you need, Don't mean that much to me. I can see your back is turning if I could I'd stick the knife in!

This is Love This is love This is my love for you X5 This is my LOVE!

Say you wont go.. Get you in a strangle hold baby, Can you, can you get away?

What you tryin to say, Is you don't want to play, What you want and what you need, Don't mean a FUCK to me! I can see your back is turning if I could I'd stick the knife in!

Spot on.

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So if anyone ever sees this, this song is about wanting someone so badly you will force them to stay in a relationship even if it is detrimental to them. You put your wan't for them above them. Selfish, thats all.

@devotional* I think your answer is SPOT ON! When we are all young we just don't want to be rejected pure and simple. But we don't have the life experience to know that if a situation is not good for both people, than it isn't actually LOVE and both people are better off not being together despite momentary and fleeting rejection.

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You guys got this all wrong. The lyrics have been misinterpreted. The chorus is "I can see your back pin turning, if I could I'd, stick a knife in."

I don't think he is talking to anyone but himself in this song. Try to interpret the songs on this album from yourself talking to yourself. In this song, there is the addict side and the sober side arguing with each other. The sober side is saying he can see the back pins turning, saying the addict is like a wind up toy, and that it doesn't care what the addict side wants or needs because it doesn't mean that much to the sober half. The whole song is about killing your addictive behavior/personality/experince.

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Yeah, it does, dosn't it?

I can really relate to this song, to me it's about rejection from the opposite sex, and the confusion and anger this can cause. Right now I'm sick of fucking women general, no offence.

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This is a song about someone leaving, true. However, Maynard is not talking about getting revenge. He is only thinking about revenge. He loves this person so much that he refuses to act on his impulses. It is more of a fantasy than a real thing. The song kicks ass.

@oKySP Agreed. This is very much about the feelings associated with codependency.

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I don't have much to comment on, but when I hear the line "this is my love" I always imagine that is the point at which the singer is sticking said knife into back.

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i think this song is about someone who turned thier back on someone who loved them. The person is hurt and want to get even but still loves them

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These lyrics are wrong. This person must be deaf. FAIL

Wow I sounded like a jerk when I posted this comment. Sheesh. Sorry about that to the person who posted the lyrics.

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bitch didnt know what was good for her

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I think this song is about how he's pissed off because she turned her back on him, even when he tried to keep her and he's going to pay her back for what she did.

I disagree, because he says, "If I COULD, I'd stick the knife in..." he wants to repay he so badly, but he loves her too much to show her the pain she's showed him.

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Or maybe she's just such a bitch that nothing hurts her. Been there...

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Wow, wishing pain on someone else just because you can't deal with yours, I'm sure that would help

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